Chapter 201: Mountain Closure and Martial Law

The biggest event in Qinghe County in the past five years is naturally the Huang family leader Huang Shengxin's breakthrough to the Golden Core realm. No one in the entire Qinghe County has cultivated to this level for almost three hundred years. Huang Shengxin can be said to be a rare genius cultivator in Qinghe County in the past few hundred years.

After three years of seclusion, Huang Shengxin really triggered the heaven and earth phenomenon that only occurs when the Dan is formed in Taiyuan Mountain. Unfortunately, the phenomenon slowly dissipated in less than an hour. If the Dan is successfully formed, this kind of heaven and earth phenomenon will last for at least several days. Huang Shengxin's Dan formation phenomenon only lasted for an hour this time, so it was naturally a failure without any surprise.

The heaven and earth phenomenon triggered by Dan formation is very conspicuous, and cultivators dozens of miles away can see it. The news spread throughout Qinghe County within a few days. After Song Qingming heard the news that Huang Shengxin failed to form a Dan, he also sighed. Even Huang Shengxin, a genius who only appears once in a few hundred years in Qinghe County, is not sure about forming a Dan. It can be seen that it is indeed more difficult for cultivators to form a Dan than he thought before.

After the failure of the Dan formation, since Huang Shengxin had not appeared in the past two years, many people in Qinghefang had spread rumors that Huang Shengxin's vitality was seriously damaged this time, which made Song Qingming somewhat confused about the situation in the past two years. So he took this opportunity to test Huang Shengyue's situation.

It was not until Huang Shengyue confirmed that Huang Shengxin was fine that Song Qingming finally felt relieved. Although Huang Shengxin's life span was not much, if he really found a spiritual object like the longevity fruit in the Taiyue Secret Realm, which would increase his life span by more than ten years, Huang Shengxin might have a chance to form a Dan in the future. This was indeed very critical for the Huang family, and it was worth it for them to try their luck in the Taiyue Secret Realm.

In short, as long as Huang Shengxin did not have any major accidents, Qinghe County would be able to at least be stable for a few more decades. The stability of Qinghe County was not only important to the Huang family, but also very beneficial to the Song family, which was developing rapidly in recent years.

"I really don't know the details. I was abrupt in asking just now. I hope Fellow Daoist Huang will not be offended." Song Qingming saw that Huang Shengyue seemed a little unhappy in his tone, so he quickly apologized.

Huang Shengyue didn't care much about Song Qingming's apology. She smiled and shook her head, and then reminded Song Qingming: "Fellow Daoist Song, this Taiyue Secret Realm is a rare opportunity for us foundation-building cultivators in decades. Not to mention the longevity spiritual objects that even Jindan cultivators would be tempted by, as long as we can find a few third-level spiritual objects, we may be able to save us more than ten years of hard practice. Daoyou, do you want to go with us to have a look this time?"

Song Qingming nodded slightly, thought for a while and said: "The secret realm you just mentioned will not be opened for another half a year. Can I think about it carefully? I will send the new jade to Xiaoyao Sect in a few days and then come back to give you an answer. What do you think?"

"Fellow Daoist Song, it is natural for you to consider it. My Huang family also needs to prepare. There is no rush for this matter. This time I came to remind Daoyou Song in advance, so that you don't miss this opportunity." Seeing that Song Qingming did not reply in a hurry, Huang Shengyue did not seem to be too surprised.

The two chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Huang Shengyue reminded Song Qingming of the things he needed to pay attention to after going to Xiaoyao Sect, and then said goodbye and left Funiu Mountain.

After seeing Huang Shengyue off, Song Qingming did not tell others about this matter, and returned to his cave alone.

"Alas! Who doesn't want high-level spiritual objects? But this secret realm is so dangerous that even Jindan cultivators will die in it. What's the use of my cultivation level? This opportunity should be left to you ambitious people."

The reason why Song Qingming did not directly accept Huang Shengyue's invitation this time was naturally that he did not want to take this risk with their Huang family.

To be honest, when Song Qingming heard Huang Shengyue talking about the good things in the secret realm just now, he was indeed a little tempted, but now he has no shortage of spiritual stones for cultivation, and he has not yet reached the situation where he needs to worry about his life span like Huang Shengxin, so he naturally does not want to take this risk to be cannon fodder for others. Although the treasures in this secret realm are good, they may not belong to him.

After Song Xinyu successfully joined Xiaoyao Sect, he would think of a way to see if he could turn down this difficult matter without offending the Huang family.

After getting the help and recommendation from Huang Shengyue, two days later, Song Qingming took Song Xinyu to Xiaoyao Sect.

Song Xinyu's cultivation level was only the fourth level of Qi Refining. In order to take care of him, Song Qingming could only take the initiative to slow down the speed of flying the sword. The uncle and nephew walked for seven or eight days before arriving at Guyang Mountain.

Just as they approached Guyang Mountain a hundred miles away, a foundation-building cultivator wearing a black Taoist robe from Xiaoyao Sect suddenly flew out from one side and nervously stepped forward to stop Song Qingming.

"Where is this fellow cultivator from? What brings you to Xiaoyao Sect?"

After Song Qingming stopped, he quickly replied, "I am from Qinghe County, Jiangling Prefecture. I am here to send a younger generation from my family to join Xiaoyao Sect."

The black-clothed cultivator slowly relaxed when he heard that Song Qingming was sending someone to become a disciple. He pointed to Yangshanfang not far away and said, "Guyang Mountain is under martial law and cannot go forward. You can go to the Yangshanfang sect's reception hall to register first. Someone will receive you two then."

Song Qingming was really surprised after hearing this. He was about to ask again, but he saw that the other party seemed to be reluctant to talk to him. He could only nod and bowed, then turned around and went to Yangshanfang with Song Xinyu.

As soon as he entered the market, Song Qingming found that there were many more Xiaoyao Sect cultivators guarding here. With such a big battle, even Guyang Mountain was closed and martial law was imposed. It was obvious that something big must have happened in Xiaoyao Sect.

When registering at the Xiaoyao Sect Guest House, Song Qingming asked a Xiaoyao Sect Qi Refining cultivator on duty there what happened in the mountain, but he didn't find out anything.

Now that Guyang Mountain has been closed and martial law has been imposed, it is not known when Song Xinyu can be sent there. Song Qingming can only find an inn to settle down first.

After doing all these, Song Qingming came to the Tiandan Pavilion in Yangshanfang alone.

Not long after entering the door, a waiter who was somewhat familiar with him saw Song Qingming and quickly ran to the second floor to report. Then a loud voice came from the second floor.

"Fellow Daoist Song, it's been a long time since we last met. I just refined a furnace of second-level elixir a few months ago. Fellow Daoist, come with me to take a look?"

While speaking, Deng Zhongkuo had already walked down from the second floor of Tiandan Pavilion, smiled and stretched out his hand to make a gesture of invitation to Song Qingming.

Song Qingming smiled and nodded, and followed him to the secret room in the back hall.

After the waiters served the tea and closed the door for the two, Song Qingming asked directly, "Fellow Daoist Deng, I came to Xiaoyao Sect to send a junior to Guyang Mountain. However, for some reason, Xiaoyao Sect suddenly closed the mountain and imposed martial law. Do you know what happened on Guyang Mountain?"

"Well, to be honest, I only know a little bit. I heard that someone on Guyang Mountain is trying to reach the Jindan realm again. This time, the commotion is quite big. It has been under martial law for almost half a month, which has caused our business to be much worse recently." At this point, Deng Zhongkuo shook his head at Song Qingming. Xiaoyao Sect's recent closure of the mountain and martial law seemed to have a great impact on their Tiandan Pavilion's business.

"Brother, do you know which fellow Daoist in Xiaoyao Sect is forming a pill?" Hearing the news that someone in Xiaoyao Sect was forming a pill, Song Qingming asked again with some curiosity.